On the veracity of USPS tracking numbers
CaptHenway
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I just now, at 6:30 AM local time, tracked a package I have coming from eBay, and it shows as having left the Denver Regional Center, presumably for my home town. at 9:48 this morning!
If only it could give out lottery numbers more than three hours in the future!!!!
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Yes, Houston, we have a problem. Keep in mind, it is 8:46 AM in California as I type this:
Tim
I've been noticing the time off too.
I got that "pre-shipment info sent" message this morning on a different package that went into the abyss yesterday.
Got an email that says that the item is in my P.O. Box as of 10:31.
I think I will wait a day before going over there.
Probably a safe option but I generally trust the delivery notifications.
Tim
PS - after my shipment listed “out for delivery” at 1:10 PM, it now shows delivered at 8:34 AM.
Working with time is actually a difficult proposition, especially if your coders are idiots.
In any modern computer language, libraries and standard codes handle this correctly, and universally. You get garbage like this:
A timestamp like 18/5/2023 13:01 will break most idiot implementations. It doesn't sort, idiot code mistranslates it, and a host of problems.
https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html
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The "Estimated delivery" date is a joke.
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I consider it final when I see the package on my porch - up to that point, I generally do not follow it. Cheers, RickO
Yea. Lottery.
Take straws on if you'll get it at all.
This is the Postal Service we're talkin' about. (I assume).
Pete
Ya, I hear ya. Waiting on this package. Lol
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Maybe they are using DeLoreans to transport mail about!!!!
The tracking history is so often jumbled up that I don't even look at it anymore. I just tell myself that it's the USPS.
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